Professional Goals
- Complete master’s degree by summer 2012.
- Continue to study and further apply the principles in the book Education.
- Learn a second language fluently.
- Build an outdoor classroom.
- Teach completely integrated subjects by using 4-MAT unit planning.
- Integrate outdoor experiences into the daily classroom experience
- Create higher levels of awareness and involvement between the classroom and the community.
Professional Reading List
Bennett, B. B., & Bennett,
N. C. (2001). Beyond Monet: the artful science of instructional integration.
Toronto: Bookation.
Clark, R. W. (2003). The
essential 55. New York, NY: Hyperion.
DeBruyn, R. L. (2001). Your
personal mentoring & planning guide for the first 60 days of teaching.
Manhattan, Kan.: Master Teacher.
DeVries, B. A. (2011). Literacy
assessment & intervention for classroom teachers (3rd ed.). Scottsdale,
Ariz.: Holcomb Hathaway.
Diller, D. (2005). Practice
with purpose: literacy work stations for grades 3-6. Portland, Me.:
Stenhouse Publishers.
Finney, S. (2000). Keep the
rest of the class reading & writing ... while you teach small groups: 60
high-interest reproducible activities -- perfect for learning centers, that
build comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills. New York: Scholastic
Professional Books.
Gibbs, J. (2006). Reaching
all by creating tribes learning communities. Windsor, Calif.: CenterSource
Systems, LLC.
Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers:
the story of success. New York: Little, Brown and Co..
Hammeken, P. A. (2000). Inclusion
: 450 strategies for success: a practical guide for all educators who teach
students with disabilities (Rev. and updated. ed.). Minnetonka, Minn.:
Peytral Publications.
Hope, J. A., Reys, B., &
Reys, R. E. (1988). Mental math in junior high. Palo Alto, Calif.: Dale
Seymour Publications.
Kagan, S. (1994). Cooperative
learning. San Juan Capistrano, CA: Kagan Cooperative Learning.
Louv, R. (2005). Last child
in the woods: saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Chapel
Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Norton, D. E., & Norton, S.
E. (1999). Language arts activities for children (4th ed.). Upper
Saddler River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Project WET: curriculum &
activity guide..
(1995). Bozeman, Mont.: The Watercourse ;.
Spalding, R. B., & Spalding,
W. T. (1990). The writing road to reading: the Spalding method of phonics
for teaching speech, writing, and reading (4th rev. ed.). New York: Quill.
Tama, M. C., & McClain, A.
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strategies (2nd ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co..
Wong, H. K., & Wong, R. T.
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Shelton, Wash.: OWLLink Media.
Continuing Education
Masters of Science in Outdoor Education Graduate Student
Class Title
|
Credit hours
|
Grade
|
Term
|
EDCI-565 Seminar: Trends In Education
|
3.00
|
A
|
S07
|
EDOE-533 Developing Outdoor Teaching
Sites
|
2.00
|
B
|
S10
|
EDOE-534 Field Experience in Developing
Outdoor Teaching Sites
|
1.00
|
A
|
S10
|
EDOE-534 Field Experience in
Developing Outdoor Teaching Sites
|
1.00
|
A
|
S10
|
EDOE-534 Field Experience in
Developing Outdoor Teaching Sites
|
1.00
|
A
|
S10
|
EDOE-543 Environmental Ministries
|
2.00
|
B
|
S10
|
EDOE-574 Science Outdoor Curriculum
and Methods
|
1.00
|
A
|
S10
|
EDOE-585 Workshop in Outdoor
Education
|
1.00
|
A
|
S10
|
EDOE-585 Workshop in Outdoor
Education
|
2.00
|
A
|
S10
|
EDOE-585 Workshop in Outdoor
Education
|
2.00
|
A
|
S10
|
EDOE-585 Workshop in Outdoor
Education
|
2.00
|
-A
|
S10
|
EDOE-503 Principles and Concepts of
Outdoor Education
|
2.00
|
-A
|
S11
|
EDOE-504 Field Experience in
Principles and Concepts of Outdoor Education
|
1.00
|
A
|
S11
|
EDOE-513 Nature Study
|
2.00
|
A
|
S11
|
EDOE-538 Technology in Outdoor
Education
|
2.00
|
A
|
S11
|
EDOE-574 Social Studies Outdoor
Curriculum and Methods
|
1.00
|
A
|
S11
|
EDUC-592 Educational Research
|
3.00
|
A
|
S11
|
Total
Credit hours
|
29.00
|
||
Approximate
GPA
|
3.82
|
